Anna Sergeyevna Layevska ( uk, Анна Сергіївна Лаєвська, Anna Serhiyivna Layevsʹka, russian: Анна Сергеевна Лаевская, Anna Sergeyevna Layevskaya; born January 10, 1982), known as Ana Layevska, is a Mexican actress and singer, born in

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Early life

Born in

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, Ana is the only child of violinist Serhii Laievskyi and actress Inna Rastsvetaeva. In 1987, Ana and her family moved from Kyiv to Moscow, and in 1991 they moved to

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. She started playing the violin when she was five and started acting upon moving to Mexico.

Career

she studied acting in the

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. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in videoclips like "Carolina" by singer David and telenovelas such as ''

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'' (1997), ''Preciosa'' (1998) and '' Amor Gitano'' (1999), acting with

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and

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. Those were relatively small roles but they were good experience as well. Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in

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s '' Primer amor... a mil por hora'' (2000), in which she shared credits with

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and

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. She won the

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for best female revelation, as well as the Palmas de Oro prize in the same category. In 2001, she starred in her first film, ''

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'', where she had the opportunity of acting with

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and

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. In 2005, she participated in the reality TV show ''

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'', where celebrities are paired with contestants in a dance-based competition. Despite being unpopular with the judges, she was saved from eviction three times by public telephone voting, eventually placing third overall. Her most recent appearance is in the hit telenovela ''

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'' as Elena Calcaño from Telemundo Studios. She played her second main villain role in

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's '' Mi Corazón Insiste'' alongside of

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, and

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. In 2012, she played in

's ''

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'' as Paty, a main role, alongside

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and

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. In 2013, she starred in

's '' Dama y obrero'', as Ignacia Santamaria, the lead protagonist, alongside

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and Fabián Ríos. In 2016 she returned to

as Camila Borges the main antagonist of the series

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, alongside Adriana Louvier and Danilo Carrera.

Personal life

Other than acting, Layevska also sings and plays two instruments: violin and piano. When she was younger, she took classes in classical music. She is fluent in

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and

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Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

* 2015: The magazine ''People en Español'' named as one of "50 Most Beautiful".

References

External links

*
Ana Layevska
at the Telenovela Database *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Layevska, Ana 1982 births Living people Mexican telenovela actresses Mexican television actresses Mexican violinists 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Mexican people of Russian descent Mexican people of Ukrainian descent Naturalized citizens of Mexico Musicians from Kyiv Actresses from Moscow 21st-century violinists